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blew

BLOO/bl(j)uː/

4 meanings of blew

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense of blow. Use it for the past.

    The wind blew so hard it knocked over the trash cans.

    He blew on his soup to cool it down.

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  2. 2
    verbcolloquial
    Past participle of blow in some casual speech. In standard English, use blown.

    By morning the wind had blew the leaves all over the yard.

    She had blew out the match before he could see her face.

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  3. 3
    nounobsoletecountable or uncountable
    Old spelling of blue, the color. People wrote it this way long ago.
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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    adjectiveobsolete
    Old spelling of blue, used to describe color long ago.
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blew is a form of blow

blow, verb: To make air move, the way wind does. Full entry

Forms
blowblows he/she/itblowing -ing formblew past tenseblown past participle
Spelling
blow → blew: irregular (no -ed)

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Origin

This is an old English word. It comes from Old English "blēow."